Hussam (Sam) Alrefaie

Angestellt, IT Specialist, Computacenter AG & Co. oHG

Skills

Python
Public relations
Communication
Reliability
Creativity
Team work
Communication skills
International experience
willingness to learn
HTML
Computer Networks
Web Security
Splunk
wireshark
SIEM
Autopsy
NMap
Microsoft Active Directory
Windows Firewall
Kali linux
Arabic
German
IDS
Cloud Computing
Network Administration
Windows Security
SNORT
Incident handling
Windows Power Shell
zscaler
Palo Alto Networks
IT Security
Linux
Infrastructure

Timeline

Professional experience for Hussam (Sam) Alrefaie

  • Current 7 months, since Oct 2025

    IT Specialist

    Computacenter AG & Co. oHG

    Infrastructure security| firewall administration| SASE | Palo Alto Networks|Zscaler

  • Current 2 years and 2 months, since Mar 2024

    IT Associate

    Computacenter AG & Co. oHG

  • 5 months, Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

    Cybersecurity profissional

    Ironhack

    Performed network administration using Cisco Packet tracer, wireshark, PowerShell Practised network application security using Snort IDS, NMAP, Windows Firewall, Iptables, Active Directory Performed incident handling using Splunk, SIEM, VirusTotal, Wazuh Ran forensics using network Miner, FTK Imager, Belkasoft Ram Capture, Autopsy Malware Analysis using TCPView, Autoruns, PsExec, Process Monitor, Dependency Walker, PeStudio performed ethical hacking, pentesting, XSS, SQL injection, burp suite

  • 5 years, Mar 2017 - Feb 2022

    Communications Coordinator

    CANDID Foundation/ Council of the Syrian Charter

    Designed and facilitated training for media and public speaking for members of the Council Brief and apply security measures during the meetings of the council (digital and physical security) Produced media and news reports updating partners on the political and security developments in Syria Planned and designed project trainings and activities budgets Edited, copyedited, and proofread media releases of the Council Networked with relevant civil society activists and political stakeholders

  • 5 years and 6 months, Sep 2016 - Feb 2022

    Managing Editor

    zenith magazine

    Running periodic internal network maintenance and private clouds and computer backups Supervised, managed, and commissioned Arabic content for zenith magazine Edited, copyedited, and proofread the Arabic content for zenith magazine Onboarded and mentored interns and external freelancers Produced content in forms of written articles and short videos, translation of articles and scripts

Languages

  • Arabic

    C2 (Expert / native speaker)

  • English

    C1 (Fluent)

  • German

    C1 (Fluent)

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